stained glass

This stained glass window in the cathedral of Chartres, France depicts new testament prophets on the shoulders of old testament heroes. The imagery is based on a saying attributed to Bernard of Chartres by John of Salisbury in 1159: "We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size."

creative commons - attribution (by)

Dolly Jørgensen

Dolly Jørgensen

07.04.2008